Hello love,
Emotional eating can feel like an overwhelming challenge, especially when it seems like the typical solutions—diets and exercise plans—don’t work. You might feel like you’re stuck in a cycle where food becomes your way of coping with emotions, leaving you feeling out of control and disconnected from your body.
As ambitious women, you might have already tried a variety of approaches:
- Diets and exercise – but they didn’t bring lasting results.
- Intuitive eating – listening to your body, trying not to restrict, but still feeling stuck.
- Body positivity and self-acceptance – learning to love yourself, but still struggling with food choices.
You might feel like you’ve tried everything, but there’s still a deeper issue you’re not addressing.
The reality? Emotional eating is far more complex than simply restricting or listening to your body. It’s about connecting with your body’s needs and emotions on a deeper level, and sometimes that requires digging into the emotional roots and trauma that are running your eating habits.
A common issue I see in my practice is that many clients start with diets, move to intuitive eating, and try therapy or trauma work—but they still haven’t addressed the root cause of their emotional eating. They might focus on emotional healing without knowing how to properly nourish their body, or they try strict dieting and miss out on addressing the emotional layer. The key is to find the right approach—to heal your emotional eating from the inside out.
In this video, we’ll explore the following:
- Emotional Eating as a Coping Mechanism (1:40)
- How Processed Foods Play a Role in Emotional Eating (3:00)
- The Holistic Approach to Healing Emotional Eating (4:20)
- My Personal Journey with Food and Emotional Eating (5:30)
- Starting with Nourishment: Understanding Hunger and Digestion (6:50)
- Healing the Root of Emotional Eating for Long-Term Transformation (8:40)
- What to Look for in a Program to Support Your Nourishment, Body, and Emotions (10:40)
- Free Resources and Next Steps for You (12:30)
Remember: The solution to emotional eating lies in truly nourishing yourself, accepting your body and processing unresolved emotions tied to your pattern. When you heal this pattern from the root your body will crave nutrient-rich foods that support your health and well-being without willpower or force.
Next Steps
1. If you are ready to start your journey to resolving your Emotional Eating you can download my free guide “What Are You Truly Hungry For?” to start discerning true from emotional hunger and catching your triggers HERE.
2. If you are ready to transform your emotional eating so that you can get to ease, peace and confidence around food and in your body with a step by step process and guidance then find out more about The Emotional Eating Evolution Program HERE.
To resolution,
~Michelle
Certified Holistic Nutritionist Specializing in Emotional Eating
